Archives - 30 July 2011, Saturday

Tech giant Apple has more money than the US government, media reports revealed on Saturday. According to a CNN report, Apple had US$76.2 billion (S$91.7 billion) in cash and marketable securities at the end of June, more than the US' operating cash balance of US$73.8 billion--PHOTO : ...

A rumour has been circulating online about a woman attacking clubbers with an HIV-blood-contaminated syringe. (Photo: … Popular Singapore clubs Zouk and The Butter Factory have filed police reports over rumours online about a woman going around and attacking clubbers with a tainted sy...

Straits Times mobile editor Zuraimie Ismail, seen here showing the app, sold the idea of putting the entire newspaper on the iPad even before the device was released here last year. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM View more photos STRAITS Times (ST) mobile editor Zuraimie Ismail, 40, has been ...

A 24-year-old polytechnic student was sentenced to jail for 13 years by Singapore's High Court on Friday after he was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old. Wang Jianbin had raped the teenager in her room while her brother was in the living room with his piano teacher. The former comma...

The programme combs your Facebook profile for evidence of Singaporean-ness, such as the use of Singlish, and then generates a certificate with your score. -- PHOTO: TRIBAL DDB JUST how Singaporean are you? To find out, you can check out the 'I Am Singaporean' website at www.iamsingapo...

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Some say that launching an iPad app is print publishers' last ditch effort at saving the newspaper industry. Do you agree, and why? A: Newspapers are still important sources of information. They are just as portable as a smartphone or a tablet. Still, news publishers cannot afford not...

SINGAPORE: Obesity, high cholesterol and smoking are some well-known factors that can lead to heart disease. But there is another measure that can push a group of seemingly-healthy people into the high risk category. Doctors said C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels can be a more accurate ...

Singtel shareholders were in a feisty mood yesterday, peppering the board with plenty of pointed queries on various topics, from online sex games to bad grammar and the new chairman's $25,000 car allowance. -- PHOTO: AFP SINGTEL shareholders were in a feisty mood yesterday, peppering ...

Global banking giant HSBC will announce next week plans to axe between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs in the coming year as part of a drastic cost-cutting drive, a report said on Saturday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON - GLOBAL banking giant HSBC will announce next week plans to axe between 10,000...

BANGKOK: Thai authorities freed 71 women and girls who had been lured into selling sex in massage parlours and karaoke bars, police said on Saturday, after a crackdown on human trafficking on the Malaysian border. Thirteen of those discovered were girls under the age of 18, said Lieut...

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A STOMPer found a cat that appears to have been splashed with white paint. The STOMPer said: "This is the horrifying act of someone who has lost his mind!" STOMP is contacting the contributor for more details.

To say that Christian Vanneque loves a good bottle of wine would be a glaring understatement. The 62-year-old is after all a sommelier by profession. And one who can boast a fairly illustrious career spanning several decades, from the time he was appointed head sommelier at the three ...

Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, said the free admission was to allow Singaporeans to have a greater accessibility to the museums to learn more about the diverse heritage and culture of Singapore. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE CELEBRATING Singapore'...

Of course Dr Tan's son would have special treatment, even if he served NS - his father was the number 2 guy! This would apply to persons holding ministerial positions because guess what: that's the system. Otherwise we should suggest all ministers be stripped of their privileges, take...

ST MOBILE EDITOR ZURAIMIE ISMAIL STRAITS Times (ST) Mobile editor Zuraimie Ismail's love affair with mobile tablet devices dates back to the early 1990s, when he was working in Apple Computer (since renamed Apple) as an engineer. His first mobile tech toy: the Apple Newton MessagePad....

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A general view of Cala Montjoi where El Bulli restaurant (Centre) is located at near Roses, July 30, 2011. -- PHOTO: REUTERS ROSES (Spain) - ELBULLI, the beachside Spanish restaurant repeatedly crowned the world's best, closed on Saturday after pushing the boundaries of cuisine for ov...

Scientists from South Korea's Seoul National University (SNU) announced on Wednesday (July 27) that they have created a genetically-modified dog that glows in the dark. The animal was bred to aid research into cures for illnesses like Alzhiemer's disease. The team has named the geneti...

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network Saturday, Jul 30, 2011 SAGA - People may be familiar with the name Kyushu, the southernmost island of the Japanese archipelago, but few are acquainted with Saga, the northern prefecture located between Fukuoka and Nagasaki. Visitors from Seoul or oth...

Idamaria may be a nun. But what a pretty nun she is! The series Defense Devil, written by Youn In-Wan and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il, Is a story about a banished demon, Kucabara who becomes a Defense Devil in order to regain his devil powers again. The character Kaika potrays, Idama...

LONDON: Global banking giant HSBC will announce next week plans to axe between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs in the coming year as part of a drastic cost-cutting drive, a report said Saturday. The bank, headquartered in London but with a major focus on Asia, will unveil the job cuts on Monda...

SINGAPORE: Work has started on Southeast Asia's first ecological corridor, [email protected], that links two nature reserves across the Bukit Timah expressway (BKE). The National Parks Board (NParks) and Land Transport Authority (LTA) broke ground on Saturday to mark the start of construct...

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BEIJING: Legal authorities in China ordered lawyers not to take on cases from the families of victims of last weekend's fatal train crash, it emerged Saturday, as judicial officials apologised for the move. Three days after the crash near Wenzhou in eastern China, law firms in the cit...

Police in Madagascar have arrested two men attempting to smuggle out nearly 200 threatened tortoises, including two dozen of the rarest species on Earth. - PHOTO: AFP PARIS - POLICE in Madagascar have arrested two men attempting to smuggle out nearly 200 threatened tortoises, includin...